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According to "Bwana"(Master), Reggie Carter-Swinson, a.k.a (Karate Reg), the training of Grandmaster Rogers, (His younger brother), began at the age of 7 months old, when Reginald and brother Franklin began teaching him wrestling and the "Iron body technique" in the form of a game called "chest" where combatants hit one another in the chest to see if they could take it. Hand sensitivity drills, sparring, and grappling - concepts that honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his principles of passive and non-resistance, and Malcom X for his principle "By any means neccesary.", came later in the form of neighborhood competitions called "Slapboxing," and it is in this way that "Ya or Kwa Asilia Avita Sanaa" (The Original Martial Art) was passed down from generation to generation from Africa. Click on this photo of Grandmaster Rogers after a 41 day fast, at his brother's, "Bwana" (Master) Adam Rogers, school in Monteray, Ca. Then Click on WAASFA818 to see the Grandmaster with some of boxings greatest personalities. 

It was the balanced writings of Herodotus, Matsutatsu Oyama, Nijel Bin, and others that are to be commended for exsposing the African origins of the martial arts to Grandmaster Rogers, the earliest of which was when he was only 15 yrs old. It was right around the time Grandmaster Rogers first learned the concept of submissiom fighting from a chokehold placed on him by his uncle, Edward McNair Sr., in a seminar at a family gathering. Below is Matsutatsu Oyama in the same guard posture as an Ancient Egyptian.

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Mkazo Ncha Shikana (African Pressure Point Grappling)
Senegalese Wrestling Competition in Africa.

Defense against kicks practiced 3000 B.C. depicted on the walls of the Beni Hasan tomb in Egypt.

Click on this picture to see advanced breakfalls by the Grandmaster

Pictured below is the Grandmasters uncle who worked for the California prison system for 30 years, my uncles Alvin and Edward McNair taught my family these things that are the foundation of my art: Slapboxing, body or chest, ground and pound, basic chokes and headlocks and a basic intro to the prison shank method.

Here we have an actual Nuba Wrestling Competition in Sudan, Africa from martial arts historian Nijel Bin's Nuba Wrestling site (Nijel Bin is featured in the A & E tv special intitled "The Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts")

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Below we have Grandmaster Rogers as a Certified Instructor For the American Airlines Cabin And Crew Self-Defense Progarm
with Chuck Norris, Bob Wall, the Ceo of Paul Mitchel products and more at a press conference seen on the" America Fights Back" segments of channels 2,4,5,7,9,10,11,13 and CNN

This picture of Grandmaster Rogers attending a self-defense seminar with Master Eric Lee at age 16, marks the beginning of his teaching and kickboxing career.

Grandmaster Rogers a celebrity personal trainer and bodyguard himself has trained L.A. Police Officers in joint manipulation (arrest and control techniques) to bodyguard for celebrities like Billy Blanks.

Grandmaster Rogers and Sinbad training in martial arts at Billy Blank's World Training Center.

College lecture on "Amaana Sana Uguvu" (Vital Force), by Grandmaster Rogers

Here Grandmaster demonstrates how to make a proper fist at an early age with brothers Michael and Adam. Above are wrestling defenses against wrestling, boxing, kicking, and sticks. Double stick fighting, single stick fighting, and archery are also depicted on the wall of the Beni Hasan tomb 3000 B.C. in Egypt.